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Redesigning is Useless in Wireless – The On-Premise IT Roundtable

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Redesigns in wireless are done more for compulsive than technical need. When a new access point comes out, the entire wireless network doesn’t need a redesign, other than to satisfy the need to tinker for those managing them. We discuss if and when a redesign is actually needed, why you need to consider what’s driving your wireless refresh in the decision, and how to put a monetary value on defining a “pointless” redesign.

Licensing – It never gets better, it just gets more awkward

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When you’re hearing a briefing from a IT company, it’s easy to get bogged down in new features, architectural changes, and value propositions. What often gets lost when taking a high level overview is the actual implementation and living with a solution long term. Jake Snyder does a great job illustrating the licensing morass that […]

Avaya: Building the Shortest Path Bridge

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Jake Snyder of Transmit Failure writes: I know there are a few delegates out there who weren’t overly enthusiastic about Avaya’s very network-centric presentation and wanted to “Get to the Wi-Fi.”  But one thing we sometimes forget is that there is no Wi-Fi without the underlying network for that data to run on.  I honestly […]

Thoughts on Eliminating VLANs at the Access-Layer Edge

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Jake Snyder of Transmit Failure comments: There’s a lot of talk in the industry about getting away from VLAN segmentation and relying on stateful firewalls at our access-layer edge to govern control over what users have access to.  This is a great idea, it solves issues with IPv6 and it simplifies network design.  But there […]

Airtight Networks: A look at WIPS – Part 1

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Jake Snyder of Transmit Failure comments: When it comes to security, I have a personal motto: Think maliciously, act responsibly.  I really enjoy trying to manipulate clients, exploiting behavior and finding ways to prevent it in the “real world”. Great post about the AirTight WIPS presentation from Wireless Field Day 6. Read more at:  Airtight […]

WLW051 – It’s All About the People

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Keith Parsons of Wireless LAN Pros writes: In this week’s episode, our main topic is “It’s All About the People” with Devin Akin. We’ll discuss Radio Tap Headers in our tutorial, and lookup the term “Pre-shared Key” in our Geek Glossary. Finally we’ll get to know just WhoIs Blake Krone. A great podcast about the […]